A Dad 's Experience On Raising A Child With Autism

The literature review explores the issues and challenges of parents of children diagnosed with autism, challenges such as accepting the diagnosis, lack of social and family support, guilt, judgment, and coping with the child’s autistic behavior. The studies indicate that there is a connection between the parent’s psychological distress, such as depression and stress, and parenting a child with autism. A big part of the battle parents are facing depends on their self-acceptance, feeling of judgment by society, and the child’s level of behavioral problems. Many of the studies also explore different types of coping mechanisms of parents of children with autism and suggest different solutions and interventions to assist the parents.

Are you able to comprehend the confrontations faced by an autistic child? In the book “the curious incident of the dog in the night time” by Mark Haddon, You are able to understand the challenges faced by the main protagonist Christopher Boone. In order to gain a sense of maturity an individual must overcome difficult challenges. This will be demonstrated by examining Christopher Boone’s ability to learn to become independent and understand social interaction and emotions.

When I first found out my brother had autism, I didn’t know what to think. At first I blamed myself because I spent a lot of time with him ever since he was born, showing him how to use iPads, computers, and other electronics and I thought these things had something to do with it. Even after people have been telling me that there is no clear cause for autism, to this day I still can’t help but think that I had something to do with my brother’s disorder. As his older brother though I promised myself that I would do whatever it takes to help my brother live with his disorder and still become a functional member of society. My family started by placing my brother under Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy. The therapy sessions took place at

Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism was written by Temple Grandin and originally published in 1995 in New York by Doubleday. The edition that I purchased was published in 2010 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. This book was written as an autobiography about Grandin’s life as an autistic child and adult. It also includes general information about autism, reference based medical information, effects and symptoms of autism, and possible treatment plans. In this expanded addition, Grandin included updates after every chapter that provides up-to-date information on research, medications, and Asperger’s syndrome.

The story “let me hear your voice” is told from the perspective of Catherine Maurice and the challenges she faced to help her children overcome autism. Catherine has three children, her first child was Daniel who was nurotypical and is considered a “normal” child. Her second and third children were Anne-Marie and Michel respectively, and they were both born with autism. Anne-Marie is described as having a “delicate face, with porcelain skin and faint roses in the cheeks and framed by wispy brown curls” (Maurice, 1993). Anne-Marie was reported as shy and introverted when she was about 13 months but ahead of other children her age. She would play in one spot for hours and never really crawled around but could say simple sentences like “hi daddy” when she was only 15 months. She would cry a lot and did not like unexpected events or to be away from her mother for too long. Anne-Marie began to regress a little later in the story; she didn’t really speak as much anymore but could repeat things that Catherine said like “car” and “cookie”. Anne-Maries tantrums grew worse as well and would sometimes bang her head on the floor when she was particularly moody. She was cared for by her mother Catherine, her father Marc, and her nanny Patsy. Michel developed a little differently than Anne-Marie. At one year old Michel was walking, talking, eating with a fork, and can say the word “no”. Michel was also friendlier than his more withdrawn sister at that age. His language skills were delayed

I cannot tell you the exact date, while I’m sure many parents are able to in this circumstance. I can only tell you it was in Spring and my now 10-year-old son, Nino, was 6 years old at the time. I sat in a room after my son’s autism evaluation and heard the words, “Your son has autism. We are diagnosing him at level 2.” I would be lying if I said a tear didn’t fall after those words, but not so much about getting “bad news”, yet, certainly one of those tears fell for that, but the others than came down my cheeks were tears of relief. We now knew what we were dealing with, it had a name. My husband was more in disbelief, but accepted it, and admitted he wondered if there was a genetic link, looking back as his life with his older brother. As we absorbed the news, we knew, how we communicated the diagnosis to our son would play a part in whether he could celebrate who he was, and know how special he was, or if communicated incorrectly, he would feel as if there was something wrong with him. It would mean, he would look at himself as flawed, and awkward, and of little value to society. In this paper, I will do my best to persuade you to embrace, and celebrate such a moment like this in life.

Have you ever looked at another person and asked why isn’t this person normal? In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Christopher Boone is a fifteen-year-old boy who has autism. He is mathematically gifted and has a huge passion for learning. Christopher struggles to fit in with the other kids by always wanting to seclude himself from others. Three lessons this book teaches us is how to accept others, problems can be an opportunity to learn and grow, and how a person can turn a weakness into strength.

My personal experience working with individuals with autism have shown me a deterioration in their social interaction and in verbal and non-verbal communication behaviors. Dole & Iland (2005) cited the US Individual Disability Education Act that “classifies a child with autism when the child has significant disability in verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction that affects the child’s performance educationally”. Mostly, people who are diagnosed with autism have proof of echolalia, which is a speech pattern that affects their social interaction with others. By definition, echolalia is a repetition or echoing of verbal words made by individual. According to Prizant (1983), more than 70% of individuals with autism show

The prevalent discord existing between parents of children with autism and educators is an increasing concern. To ensure the success of these students, both parents and professionals must make progress in understanding the perspectives and concerns of each other in order to build positive parent/school relationships and improve educational programming for students with autism.

In the book, “Anything But Typical” by Nora Raleigh Baskin, Jason Blake is a twelve year old boy with autism. He matures over the course of the story in many ways and he shows that he is guarded, analyitical, and realistic.

Autism is a very complicated and diverse disorder. There’s many different variations of it and it can affect a lot of things. The movie did a good job at describing autism and how it affects the family as well. Many times the burden of taking care of the person falls on the family. Arnie had mostly mental disabilities. He had a mindset of a 5 year old, he even liked to play games. Autism is a fairly common disorder and 1% of the world population has autism (“Facts and Statistics”, 2015). It’s a disorder that people should learn more about and get training if around an autistic person. It may be overwhelming, as it was for Gilbert at times. Arnie was always happy and he didn’t have a care in the world.

The mind of an autistic person is fascinating and frightening because usually their actions can’t accurately express what their brain is thinking. It is frustrating to try and determine what a child with autism is trying to say, and often results in them being misunderstood. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, tells the story from the perspective of Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old boy with autism. Chris is brilliant at math and science, but is unable to understand or express emotion. His difficult home life further contributes to his illness; he doesn’t have anyone at home who supports him and tries to help him. His teacher, Siobhan, is his only friend and the only person who tries to help him learn to

“Autism statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identify around 1 in 68 children as on the autism spectrum” (Facts about Autism). A young math genius, Christopher, was that one out of 68. Christopher lived in England with his father alone, due to his mother facing an early “death” of a heart attack. Taking care of Christopher’s special requirements was quite the intricacy for anyone, particularly for a single Dad. Many factors with autism are superior to people without autism. Christopher is an extraordinary boy who struggles daily to keep his life in order by shutting out uncomfortable situations, talking himself through his circumstances, and always planning ahead when put into new affairs.

Autism is a disorder that can wreck havoc in the lives of many, and all it takes is one diagnosis. Most families never expect autism to occur in their family. But once it does, the family will never imagine the effect it will have. The family of a child with autism “[is] faced with intolerable mental, economic, and social pressure” (Mosayebi 4). Could a child with autism have a substantial enough effect on the family to cause separation and divorce of their parents?

There is no doubt that raising a child with autism is challenging. There is endless research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) but a very limited amount on the costs and benefits of caring for a person with the disorder. In order to gain a comprehensive perspective on the biggest challenges parents and caregivers of autistic children face, a look into the private lives of these families and close networks is necessary. The only way to give support and provide the much needed services required to help, one must ask them what the most difficult parts about managing autism are. Below examines three of the most common struggles these families face when trying to understand and help their autistic children develop into the capable people they are certainly able of becoming.